I am hardly the first person to talk about natural rights that all men on this planet are born with; I am hardly original in any way. People like Thomas Hobbs and John Lock have already gone over what the natural rights of man are and the role of governments should play in society. I agree completely with John Lock and Thomas Jefferson when they wrote down what the “unalienable Rights” of all men were; the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to property, and the right to the pursuit of happiness. These rights every man is born with as a rational human being capable of self examination and self control, and these rights may never be taken away unless you were to forfeit said rights by knowingly and willingly taking away the rights of another.
There is only one role of the federal government in this nation, one job it must perform to the best of its abilities and one job only, and that job is to protect the natural rights of the American people from anyone who would seek to take them away, either fellow citizens here at home or armies from foreign nations. In the past it was also my belief that it is also the role of the federal government to provide for law and order, to maintain the peace and prosperity in this nation, but after a little bit of thinking I came to realize that to say the role of the federal government is to protect its citizens rights AND provide law and order is truly redundant. For an action to be deemed unlawful and unjust in a free society, the person committing said action, whatever it may be, must be willingly and knowingly be taking away the rights of another human being. Without a victim, a person whose rights have been violated, there cannot be a crime. There is no such thing as a just victimless crime; to punish anyone for a “crime” that never took away the rights of another would be wrong and immoral.
Because of this by protecting the rights of its citizens from ANYONE willing to take them away it is the duty of this nation’s federal government, and to an even higher degree the individual state governments, to provide law and order in this nation, to pursue criminals and bring them to justice. The government must never allow its citizens to take away the rights of one other, and in order to do that they have the role of providing law and order to this nation.
The government also has the obligation to protect our rights from foreign nations. The US military exists to protect the rights of the American people and nothing more. It is their role to make sure that no other nation be allowed to enter this nation’s boarders and steal our rights. Although every human being is born with certain rights, regardless of it their governments accept those rights, the US government is only given the right by its people to protect those living within our own boarders, not those living outside of them. As heartless as that may sound, the military is not a police force, and should not be used as such.
But governments, much like people and other organizations, do not always follow the rules. They like to expand their power, to take on more and more responsibilities. But to gain any sort of power they must first take it from others, and by others I mean the states, local governments, and ultimately the very people whose rights are theirs to defend. When this happens governments become intrusive, and begin taking away the rights of everyday Americans for one cause or another. They become destruction to their own mission, becoming the very enemy they are meant to protect us against. Because of this it is absolutely vital that governments remain small, relatively powerless over the lives of the individual, and that those who hold positions of office not be allowed to hold said positions for any extended amount of time.
Here is a basic rule; whenever a government, be it federal, state, or local, passes a law which impedes the freedoms of one man without protecting those of another, that law is not in the best interest of the people and should be considered null and void.
There is only one role of the federal government in this nation, one job it must perform to the best of its abilities and one job only, and that job is to protect the natural rights of the American people from anyone who would seek to take them away, either fellow citizens here at home or armies from foreign nations. In the past it was also my belief that it is also the role of the federal government to provide for law and order, to maintain the peace and prosperity in this nation, but after a little bit of thinking I came to realize that to say the role of the federal government is to protect its citizens rights AND provide law and order is truly redundant. For an action to be deemed unlawful and unjust in a free society, the person committing said action, whatever it may be, must be willingly and knowingly be taking away the rights of another human being. Without a victim, a person whose rights have been violated, there cannot be a crime. There is no such thing as a just victimless crime; to punish anyone for a “crime” that never took away the rights of another would be wrong and immoral.
Because of this by protecting the rights of its citizens from ANYONE willing to take them away it is the duty of this nation’s federal government, and to an even higher degree the individual state governments, to provide law and order in this nation, to pursue criminals and bring them to justice. The government must never allow its citizens to take away the rights of one other, and in order to do that they have the role of providing law and order to this nation.
The government also has the obligation to protect our rights from foreign nations. The US military exists to protect the rights of the American people and nothing more. It is their role to make sure that no other nation be allowed to enter this nation’s boarders and steal our rights. Although every human being is born with certain rights, regardless of it their governments accept those rights, the US government is only given the right by its people to protect those living within our own boarders, not those living outside of them. As heartless as that may sound, the military is not a police force, and should not be used as such.
But governments, much like people and other organizations, do not always follow the rules. They like to expand their power, to take on more and more responsibilities. But to gain any sort of power they must first take it from others, and by others I mean the states, local governments, and ultimately the very people whose rights are theirs to defend. When this happens governments become intrusive, and begin taking away the rights of everyday Americans for one cause or another. They become destruction to their own mission, becoming the very enemy they are meant to protect us against. Because of this it is absolutely vital that governments remain small, relatively powerless over the lives of the individual, and that those who hold positions of office not be allowed to hold said positions for any extended amount of time.
Here is a basic rule; whenever a government, be it federal, state, or local, passes a law which impedes the freedoms of one man without protecting those of another, that law is not in the best interest of the people and should be considered null and void.
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